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manakins
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Thanks Damollar for ur reply to seun I suppose seun is assuming apprentiship and skill learning. Anyway there is a saying in yoruba as follows: ABINIBI YATO SI ABILITY which says INBORN SKILL IS DIFFERENT FROM TRYING TO ACQUIRE SKILL. Lets give to the great minds there full RESPECT.  |
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Damollar (m)
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Thanks Damollar for your reply to seun I suppose seun is assuming apprentiship and skill learning. Anyway there is a saying in yoruba as follows: ABINIBI YATO SI ABILITY which says INBORN SKILL IS DIFFERENT FROM TRYING TO ACQUIRE SKILL. Lets give to the great minds there full RESPECT. @manakins - U caught d vibe |
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Seun (m)
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Even Albert Einstein said, "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." The greatest disrespect a hardworking mind can get is for people to say the fruit of his labor is a result of dumb luck: that he was just lucky to have the right genes. This is obvious if you pause to think. The best writers are those who spend the most time writing. While their mates are playing, they write. |
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tundefajim (m)
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Em guys, let's not get carried away here. There is no such thing as a person born with the ability to do something perfectly (except you want to believe some of our musicians who talk about playing music since they were born, even in the womb???) Nothing great just happens! Read biographies of any great man/woman. He/she spent TIME with the skill - a lot of it thinking time. Do a Google search on William Wilberforce, Simon Lok, etc. You might be born with an innate ability to understand musical notes easily, or have a naturally good physique, or even be good with words. If you do not put time, effort and focus on improving, you'll just be a naturally talented, average person!  We often see the manifestation without considering the process of refinement - take gold for example, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LOCAL CHAMPION AND A WORLD BEATER! (Skill+Practice+Focus+Mentorship+Favour of God=Standing above the crowd.) All said, t_unit38, lovely write-up. I like the style and the flow, and the little twist at the end. Please try and finish it, and never stop trying, or learning,  |
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tundefajim (m)
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Did I say William Wilberforce? I meant Winston Churchill,
"The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is the extra!"
Cheers
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iice (f)
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Me i liked the ending best  Tragedy adds more 'umph' for me.
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Seun (m)
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All you have to do is watch CNN if you want tragedy. Fiction should spare us the pain!
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iice (f)
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Nah real life tragedy is just sad, but fictional tragedy is more interesting than the average happy ever after but that's just me. abeg t_unit give us more stories
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nilla (f)
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@ topic,
from someone that likes writing too, this is a really good piece. Good job.
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Seun (m)
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tragedy followed by a pretty good resolution is also ok. But pure tragedy? Nah!!
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nilla (f)
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Seun,
but you know we have real life stories that end in tragedy.
I think its ok that he at least was happy for a little while.
Even though happy endings are always preferred.
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Seun (m)
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Stories are meant to be fantasies. They are not meant to mimic real life, but to allow us a moment of escape.
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